Nickel Beryllium 360 vs. Austenitic Nodular Cast Iron
Nickel beryllium 360 belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while austenitic nodular cast iron belongs to the iron alloys. There are 18 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is nickel beryllium 360 and the bottom bar is austenitic nodular cast iron.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 180 to 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.0 to 30 | |
| 6.8 to 34 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.29 to 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 70 to 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 1860 | |
| 430 to 500 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 380 to 1590 | |
| 190 to 240 |
Thermal Properties
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1330 | |
| 1340 to 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1200 | |
| 1300 to 1360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 470 to 490 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 13 to 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 7.7 to 8.0 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 12 to 190 | |
| 24 to 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 360 to 3440 | |
| 98 to 160 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 62 | |
| 15 to 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 41 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 46 | |
| 12 to 15 |